Improvement in convertible chairs



F. JENSEN. Convertible Chair.

No. 215,127. Patented May 6, 1879.

WITNESSES: IN VENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

N.PE|'ERS, P-HOTO-UTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D C

chair in position for use as a bed. Fig. 2 is UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONVERTIBLE CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

215,127, dated May 6, 1879; application filed September 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC JENSEN, of Seattle, in the county of Kingand Territory of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Bed-Ohair,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish an upholstered easy chair, thatmay also be used for a bed, and to construct it'in such a manner thatthe supports for the bed will be out of sight when the chair is used asa chair; also, to attach the springs in such a manner as to prevent themhaving any side motion.

My invention consists in providing an upholstered chair having a hingedback and a folding seat with a drawer and a sliding frame having pivotedsupports, for supporting the back when turned down in a horizontalposition to form a bed, the supports of the said frame being held in anupright position by a band attached to the arms of the chair and loopedaround the said supports.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of myimproved bedan elevation of the chair at the back, and Fig. 3 is a planview of the bed with the chairseat partially broken open.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a is a rectangular frame, supported upon legs I), forming the seat, andhaving the arms 0 c. The back d consists of a frame that is hinged at eto the seat-frame a.

The springs of the back and seat consist of wire springs, wound in avolute form, and attached in any desired manner to slats f, that arefixed to the chair-frame, and movable slats g, the ends of which entermortises h in the frame of the seat and back. The ends of the slats 9rest upon rods i, which work in longitudinal slots in the side bars ofthe frame. By this construction the slats y can move only in a directionto or from the fixed slats f, and the chair rendered very elastic.

k is a seat-bottom, hinged at Z to the seatframe a at the side oppositeto back d. The frame of k is provided with springs similar to clothes inplace.

the seat and back, and, when folded upon the frame a, forms an elasticbottom for the seat.

The back 0?, bottom k, and arms a are upholstered in the usual manner.

The back d will be held up in the position for achair, or at aninclination more or less with the seat, by the swinging arms m, that areattached to the back and pass through the ends of arms 0. A cross-pin,n, is provided in each arm, (see Fig. 3,) with which pins the arms lengage by one of their ratches. The arms 1 will therefore be out ofsight when the back at is fully raised.

0 is a drawer that is fixed in slides beneath the seat-frame a, and maybe used for holding bed-clothes. p is a frame that is fitted at theupper edge of drawer 0 so that it may slide inward and be out of theway, or be pulled out to form an extension of the upper edge of thedrawer, as seen in Fig. 1. In this position, the drawer 0 and frame 1)form a support for the back at when it is-turned down horizontally. Theouter end of the slide is held up by the legs q, that are pivoted at 4",so as to swing down and lie parallel with frame 1) when the frame 19 isslid into the drawer 0. These legs q extend above the back 01, and areheld upright by a band, 8, that is attached to the arms 0 of the chair,and is looped around legs q. The band 8 is also looped upon arms m, (seeFig. 3,) and helps to retain the bed- The outer end of drawer o issupported by a pin, it, at each side resting on the floor.

The hinged seat-bottom it, when turned outward, as seen in Fig. 1, liesin line with the back (1 and seat a, whereby the bed is level.

The outer end of k is supported in this position by legs a, which may beturned up out of the way when the bottom is turned upon the seat a.

It will be seen that the bed-chair described above is complete for eachpurpose. When used as a chair there are no unsightly parts visible, andwhen turned down a perfect spring-bed is formed. It may also be used asan invalid-chair, and the turning seat used as a foot-rest.

I do not claim a chair provided with a 2. The band 8, in combinationwith the hinged back and foot-rest, as such have been hinged back (1 ofthe chair and the legs q, subused. stantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

Having thus described m y invention, 1 claim 7 as new and desire tosecure by Letters Pat- FRE'DERIO JENSEN. cut- 1. The drawer o andsliding frame 1), pro- Witnesses: vided with pivoted supports q, incombination H. E. HATHAWAY, with a bed-chair having a hinged back, snb-U. M. RASIN.

stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

